What other types of things do you collect?

I don't collect to collect, but I have a decent casual collection / mini library of Japanese books and manga. I also have some figures, but I'm trying to be selective and only buy scales from now on. I'll post pictures to my website after I clean my room.

I have a largeish Metroid collection.  I have all of the (my original) games in their original NA boxes/cases with inserts, a good chunk of the figures, all the amiibos, several official and original art pieces, the limited 3DS, and some other bits and bobs.  It's how Samus ended up becoming my first doll when I finally entered the doll hobby.  

I collect figures, manga, and and pretty much any Tamayura (my favorite anime) merch that I can find. I also have a collection of music CDs that I've amassed over the years. I still prefer to buy physical copies over digital when I can.

Mecha Model Kits... my initial Gateway into Anime to begin with as an early/middle-teen in the early/mid-1990's;

 

 

Whenever I order stuff from Japan I've started buying a few figures too. They're many times cheaper to import than to buy them in the UK. There's a couple of anime stores in Covent Garden London selling them for eyewatering prices 🙄.

Usually I buy figures relating to whatever anime I'm into at the time. We do also have a few figures of our DD, like a beautiful figure of Kirika Towa Alma. We have a lot of Mikus and Rems too (obviously).

Here's the pick of my latest haul of mostly Frieren related figures. The next time Volks run a what character do you want to see next as a DD, I'm voting for Aura.

Ooof I'm a collector of hobbies probably, I like dabbling in anything creative where I can. Though my main ones currently are digital art, miniature kit making & hand sewing

My other 'collections' outside of my dolls is definitely manga & books in general, specifically queer manga & manga memoirs (especially ones that haven't/won't be translated into English), and my growing vintage traditional Japanese clothing collection.

I've also got a few old nendoroids, anime prize figures & gacha prizes that sit happily on my shelves but I wouldn't really call them collections as such. I used to have a sizeable pokemon merchandise collection but that's been culled down a bit in recent years & multiple moves...

It's interesting how collectors of one thing tend to have a few other things they collect as well, whether it be physical/digital items or just a collection of hobbies.